The RSL Giles St Aubyn Awards for Non-Fiction are for writers engaged in writing their first non-fiction book for a mainstream audience.
They must already have a publisher’s contract. The award will then buy them time or resources for writing or research, as well as raising the profile of the book when published.
Three awards will be presented – one of £10,000, one of £5,000, and one of £2,500.
The writer must be resident in the United Kingdom (UK) or Republic or Ireland (RoI). Only books due to be published in the UK or RoI, by UK- or RoI-based publishers will be considered.
This year’s judges are Homi K. Bhahba, Fiona Boyle and Violet Moller.
In 2017, the RSL established these annual Awards for first-time writers of non-fiction through a generous bequest from author and RSL Fellow Giles St Aubyn. Giles St Aubyn, who died in 2015 aged 89, wrote 14 non-fiction books and taught history for nearly 40 years at Eton College. The new awards build on the RSL’s experience of a previous form of non-fiction awards, generously supported by Jerwood Charitable Foundation from 2004 to 2016.
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Deadline: 5pm on Wednesday 14 September 2022